Double roll holder



y 1964 F. J. MOORE 3,132,819

DOUBLE ROLL HOLDER Filed May 24, 1962 INVENTOR. Fmwvc/s J. Macks WMMW lrraknre'y United States Patent 7 P 3,132,819 DOUBLE RGLL HOLDER Francis J. Moore, 4248 Drew Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn. Filed May 24, 1962, Ser. No. 197,489 2 Claims. (Cl. 24255.3)

The present invention relates generally to an improved double toilet paper roll holder with a locking device for locking one roll when the other is permitted to rotate.

It is a specific object of my invention to provide an improved toilet paper holder designed to require the use of one roll of paper before allowing the use of the other.

It is another object to provide a storage for additional rolls within the holder with a simple unique means of switching to the unused roll when the other roll has been used up.

It is a specific object to provide a double roll holder having a pair of locking members which work together to lock one roll when the other is permitted to rotate.

It is a further object to provide a double roll holder housing that will prevent operation of the locking member until one of the rolls is used up.

These and other objects and advantages of this invention will more fully appear from the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference characters refer to the same or similar parts throughout the views, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view with portions removed to show the roll switching mechanism;

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the line 22 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially along the line 33 of FIG. 1.

In all views, a roll of toilet paper 10, a mounting surface 11 and a single roll toilet paper holder 12 are shown for purposes of illustration.

In the form of my invention shown, I include a housing comprising a support member 13 having a rear panel 14, a flat top panel 15, a bottom panel 16, generally parallel sides 17 and an inner cover 18. The rear panel 14 encloses the rear of the housing and has a plurality of openings 14a therethrough to permit the housing to be attached by convenient attachment means to a mounting surface 11 and to permit the attachment of additional members to said rear panel 14 by convenient means. The top panel 15, bottom panel 16 and side panels 17 are re spectively formed to provide a mounting flange 19 for the inner cover 18. Said mounting flanges 19 has openings therethrough to receive attachment means such as screws 20.

The inner cover 18 of said housing has a flange 21 having an arcuately shaped rear portion 22 and generally parallel sides 23 in association with said flange. Said flange 21 has openings therethrough to receive attachment means such as screws 20 for attachment to said mounting flange 19. Said rear portion 22 and sides 23 are of such size as to pass through the opening surrounded by the mounting flange 19. Said rear portion 22 is in close relation to said housing rear panel 14 and has a plurality of openings 22a for attachment thereto.

The inner cover has two pair of trunnion members 24 and 25 mounted thereon in spaced-apart horizontal parallel relation, the spacing therebetween being slightly larger than the diameter of the rolls to be mounted thereon.

A pair of roll-engaging and locking members 26 and 27 are pivotally mounted upon but infront of said rear portion 22 of said inner cover 18, said members 26 and 27 being in spaced-apart relation so as to be horizontally displaced from the axis of said trunnion members 24 and 25. Said engaging and locking members 26 and 27 have 3,132,819 Patented May 12, 1964 diverging arms 26a and 26b and 27a and 27b to define a concave recess 28. The locking and engaging members 26 and 27 are displaced horizontally from said trunnion members 24 and 25 so as to receive a full roll of paper 10 within said concave recess 28 when such arms 26a and 26b or 27a and 27b lie in a vertical plane, as best shown in FIG. 2. The arms 26a and 26b or 2711 and 27b are of such length as to engage the periphery of said roll 10 when such arms 26a and 26b or 27a and 27b are disposed in a horizontal plane. (See FIG. 3.)

When said locking member 26 or 27 is in unlocked or vertical position, the corresponding roll mounted between the trunnion members is free to rotate between the diverging arms, conversely when said locking member 26 or 27 is in a locked or horizontal position, the outer periphery of the corresponding roll mounted between the trunnion members being in contact with the diverging arms and locked from rotation.

A linkage 29 is pivotally mounted to interconnect one arm of each locking member 26 and 27 so that when one member 26 is in locking position or horizontal direction, the other member 27 is in an unlocked or vertical direction, as best shown in FIG. 1. The pivoted linkage frictionally holds each member 26 and 27 in its'proper orientation.

The pivotally mounted engaging and locking members 26 and 27 and the linkage 29 are adjacent to and in close association with said rear portion 22 of the inner cover 18 as to be inaccessible from other than the frontal area of the housing.

In operation, the housing is mounted on a mounting surface 11. One of the locking members 26 is pivoted such that its arm lies in a generally vertical direction, the other locking member 27 being correspondingly rotated by the interconnecting linkage as to have its arms orientated in a generally horizontal direction.

Two full rolls of toilet paper 10 are inserted on holders into the pairs of trunnion members 24 and 25. The roll positioned in front of the vertically displaced locking member 26 is free to rotate. The other roll positioned in front of the horizontally displaced locking member 27 is locked against rotation by such member 27. Such rolls in position prevent access to the locking members 26 and 27.

When the paper from the rotatable roll has been unwound therefrom and it is desirable to use the bottom roll, a person may reach through such housing and pivot the vertically disposed locking member 26 to a horizontal position, thus pivoting the horizontally disposed locking member 27 to a vertical position and unlocking its respective roll. The empty roll may be removed and replaced by pushing a new roll into operative locked position, forcing it into restrained engagement with the arms of the now looking member 26.

It can be seen that I have invented a simple yet efficient and inexpensive means to mount multiple rolls of toilet paper which requires the use of paper entirely from one roll before the other roll is started.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportion of parts without departing from the scope of my invention, which generally stated consists in the matter set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A holder for mounting two supply rolls of paper such as toilet paper and the like comprising support means, a pair of roll-journalling members mounted on said support means with the axes thereof being disposed in substantially parallel spaced-apart relation, the spacing therebetween being slightly greater than the diameter of the full rolls to be mounted thereon, a pair of pivotally r 3 mounted roll-engaging and locking members in inwardly spaced relation from the respective aXes of said roll journalling members, each of said roll engaging and locking members having a pair of outwardly diverging arms defining a concave recess receiving a full roll therein, said arms of each of said roll engaging and locking members positively engaging vthe periphery of a full roll when pivoted from a generally upstanding vertically unlocked position to a generally horizontally orientated locking position to positively prevent rotation of a roll so engaged, and means interconnecting said locking members so that when one is in locking position, the other is in unlocked position so that only one roll may be use-d at as toilet paper and the like comprising support means,

a pair of roll-journalling members mounted on said support means with the axis thereof being disposed in substantially parallel spaced-apart relation, the spacing therebetween beingslightly greater than the diameter of the full rolls to be mounted thereon, a pair of pivotally mounted roll-engaging and locking members in inwardly spaced relation from the respective axes of said roll journalling members, each of said roll engaging and locking members having a pair of outwardly diverging arms defining a concave recess receiving a full roll therein, said arms of each of said roll engaging and locking members positively engaging the periphery of a full roll when pivoted from a generally upstanding Vertically unlocked position to a generally horizontally orientated locking position to positively prevent rotation of a roll so engaged, and means interconnecting said locking members so that when one is in locking position, the other is in unlocked position, said arms of each locking member being of substantial length and in closely spaced relation to said roll-jonrnalling members, the full rolls mounted thereon prohibiting access to said arms, thus preventing switching of the interconnected members from their predetermined positions until the paper from one of the rolls has been removed. 7

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 

1. A HOLDER FOR MOUNTING TWO SUPPLY ROLLS OF PAPER SUCH AS TOILET PAPER AND THE LIKE COMPRISING SUPPORT MEANS, A PAIR OF ROLL-JOURNALLING MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS WITH THE AXES THEREOF BEING DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SPACED-APART RELATION, THE SPACING THEREBETWEEN BEING SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE FULL ROLLS TO BE MOUNTED THEREON, A PAIR OF PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ROLL-ENGAGING AND LOCKING MEMBERS IN INWARDLY SPACED RELATION FROM THE RESPECTIVE AXES OF SAID ROLL JOURNALLING MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID ROLL ENGAGING AND LOCKING MEMBERS HAVING A PAIR OF OUTWARDLY DIVERGING ARMS DEFINING A CONCAVE RECESS RECEIVING A FULL ROLL THEREIN, SAID ARMS OF EACH OF SAID ROLL ENGAGING AND LOCKING MEMBERS POSITIVELY ENGAGING THE PERIPHERY OF A FULL ROLL WHEN PIVOTED FROM A GENERALLY UPSTANDING VERTICALLY UNLOCKED POSITION TO A GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY ORIENTATED LOCKING POSITION TO POSITIVELY PREVENT ROTATION OF A ROLL SO ENGAGED, AND MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID LOCKING MEMBERS SO THAT WHEN ONE IS IN LOCKING POSITION, THE OTHER IS IN UNLOCKED POSITION SO THAT ONLY ONE ROLL MAY BE USED AT A TIME. 